President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the people of Namibia commiserate with those of Zambia on the loss of their former Vice President Guy Scott.
Dr. Guy Scott may have been long gone following his demise last week and his subsequent burial last Monday, but his legacy lives on.
The Zambian High Commission to Namibia has opened a book of condolences for its late former vice president, Guy Scott.
As declared by incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday, the Zambian flag is flying at half mast.
The environment is sombre.
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has accorded that country's former Vice President Guy Scott, who died on Wednesday, a five-day period of national mourning.
The 82-year-old Zambian-born Guy Lindsay Scott was at some point the first and only white president of an independent African country.
After nine days of mourning, Batswana bid farewell to the late Botswana's third president, Festus Mogae, yesterday.
Botswana's President Duma Boko has announced a three-day mourning period following the death of the country's third President, Festus Mogae.
Mogae died in his residency in Gaborone yesterday.
Botswana has entered a three-day period of national mourning following the death of former President Festus Mogae at age 86.
President Duma Boko announced the mourning period after Mogae died at his residence in Gaborone.
Mogae served as Botswana’s third President from 1998 to 2008.
While Namibia joined the rest of the world in celebration of Workers' Day, the nation woke up to yet another horrific news item following an accident that claimed 11 lives.
Among those who died in an accident, which happened about 30 kilometres south of Otjiwarongo, are three medical staff.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has expressed condolences following the death of James Uerikua, who died this afternoon in a motor vehicle accident.
Mourners are flocking to the homestead of the late Swapo stalwart and freedom fighter Kanana Hishoono at Onambutu village in the Eenhana Constituency, Ohangwena Region, to console the bereaved family and pay their last respects.
Hishoono died at age 89 on 14 January.
The remains of the late Jackson Kaujeua Jr. arrived in the country today, where he was received by close family members and fellow artists at Hosea Kutako International Airport.
